Code reviewHardcr-g166

Subject Uninitialized memoryLevel Senior–Staff~30 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Rust buffer initializer using MaybeUninit.

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1use std::mem::MaybeUninit;2 3fn make_array() -> [u32; 4] {4    let mut arr: [MaybeUninit<u32>; 4] = unsafe { MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() };5    for i in 0..3 {6        arr[i] = MaybeUninit::new(i as u32 * 2);7    }8    unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<_, [u32; 4]>(arr) }9}

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